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March 30, 2021

McConnell says, 'I'm not going anywhere' after Kentucky passes Senate vacancy law

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he has no plans to retire before the end of his current term in office despite his recent support of a Kentucky bill governing how state leaders would fill vacant Senate seats.

March 25, 2021

Schumer says Dems were justified in using filibuster that some of them now seek to abolish

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer argued Thursday that Democrats were justified in filibustering legislation in the GOP-controlled Senate during the last session of Congress – a tactic that some in the party now seek to abolish – because Republicans refused to engage in bipartisan negotiations.

March 24, 2021

Schumer, McConnell spar over Dems' S1 election bill during rare committee appearance: 'Shame!'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday launched broadsides against each other in a hearing on S.1, the controversial Democratic-backed elections bill that would make sweeping changes to how Americans elect their leaders. 

March 24, 2021

Senate Minority Leader McConnell says he has not been invited to White House

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he hasn't been invited to the White House or spoken to President Biden on the phone since the Democrat took office on Jan. 20.

March 24, 2021

Senate set for clash on hot-button elections bill Dems say boosts voting rights, GOP decries as power grab

The Senate is set for a major clash Wednesday on one of the Democrats' top priorities with a hearing on S.1, the Senate version of the controversial elections bill known as H.R.1 in the House, which would make broad changes to how American elections are run. 

March 23, 2021

As Biden calls for gun ban, Manchin says he doesn't support background check legislation

President Biden's calls for the Senate to pass aggressive background check bills and a ban on assault weapons face an uphill battle with a key Democrat already voicing disapproval.

March 23, 2021

McConnell says Dems trying to use power to help 'win elections in perpetuity' with HR1, DC statehood

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a podcast released Tuesday said Democrats are trying to use the levers of power to give them a long-term political advantage despite the fact they hold the slimmest of majorities in both the House and Senate.  

March 18, 2021

Elizabeth Warren claims the filibuster is racist amid calls to eliminate it

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in an interview with Axios, published Thursday, that the legislative filibuster requiring 60 votes in the Senate to end debate on the bill, is racist. 

March 18, 2021

McConnell, McCarthy accuse Pelosi of trying to 'steal,' 'overturn' GOP election victory in Iowa

The top two Republicans in Congress are blasting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic majority for considering a challenge to GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ razor thin victory in last November’s election.

March 17, 2021

McConnell on 'Faulkner Focus': Dems do not have mandate to 'completely transform' the country

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Wednesday that Democrats were not given a "mandate" by the American people to eliminate the filibuster in order to completely "transform" this country.